Airtel Broadband & Telephone Services customers may now look forward to its new Voice Chat service. Voice Chat on Fixed-Lines will enable users to talk or chat anonymously with other Airtel Mobile and Fixed-Line customers, across the country. According to Airtel, the key aspect of this service is that it enables customers, especially women, to search for friends without the risk of revealing their real identity.
To avail the service, Airtel Fixed-Line customers are required to call *694 and register their profiles. Once registered a user may search for profiles with similar interests, to chat with and extend invitations to others. All users have the option to accept or reject the invitation, Call Back as well as Direct Calling on their chat IDs. This service is available to customers at a monthly rental of Rs. 30 per month and a nominal call charge of Rs. 3 per minute. The company has an introductory offer of no monthly rental till 30th June, ’07.
Atul Bindal, President, Airtel Broadband & Telephone Services said, "Airtel's launch of Voice Chat on telephone is yet another innovative service, offering more than the traditional voice calls, for our Fixed-Line customers. It underlines our commitment to deliver value to users in every segment of the market. This service will take the telephone beyond ordinary voice calling and will enable our customers to search in a secure and anonymous manner for like-minded friends, thereby providing a more interesting medium for the extremely popular internet chatting service. As a leading service provider, we aim to offer the best-in-class service to our customers, be it enhanced service quality or value added services. And we are confident that with Voice Chat our customers will now enjoy the all-new experience of talking and hearing while chatting."
At least the Indian Telecom industry has something new to give!!!
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